Gaza engagement rules?

Lots is being told and thrown in every direction to accuse one party or the other for not abiding by the rules of engagement or respecting international laws. I was reading and listening to some comments about the ongoing slaughter and 21st century Holocaust in Gaza. To the readers, especially those in the US who don't know much about Gaza let me explain a few things that may give you a better image.

Gaza is a tiny piece of land hence it is called Gaza strip. Its length is about 22 miles while it's width is about 8 miles so for those of you who walk on the weekends it's width is less than the 10 miles walk that you can do on a Sunday. Yet this small strip of land is the home of about 1.5 Million Palestinians (Pretty populated in any standard). So in other words, it is practically impossible not to target civilians when you hit Gaza. By that i mean that stating that Hamas are using civilians as a human shield is just a statement targeting Westerners who would think, not knowing the region, that Hamas has an open area where they can fight from yet chose to hide among the civilians.

That brings me to talk a bit about Hamas. Although considered a "terrorist" organization, Hamas states that it is simply fighting for Palestinians' rights. They are not ghosts working in the hiding, they are fathers, uncles, sons, doctors, engineers, lawyers, plumbers (Remember Joe the plumber?), they are a pillar of their community. They are not as some would like to portray them like the "Bin Ladens".

Hamas launches missiles against Israel (I will not go into the historical debate of whose land it is as we all know that historically the US was the land of native Americans but no way in heck someone would give it back to them) and those missiles target civilians. However, if we look at the casualties from those rockets we can see that their efficiency is ridiculous. The latest attacks figures show that 6 Israelis died and around 40 hospitalized (Hospitalized is a term that includes those who panicked from hearing the sirens). On the same token, over 500 Palestinians were killed among which are over 46 children, and over 2400 injured (Note that injured does not include panick victims). The Palestinian casualties are caused by "targeted" attacks while Hamas attacks just blow anywhere. So what would a terrorist attack be , a targeted attack towards civilians that kills 6? or targeting "terrorists" yet kiling over 120 civilians?

On a side note how many of you knows that Israeli settlements are equipped with under ground settlements while it is not the case at all in Gaza? A siren warns the settlers to hide but in Gaza the only warning is an airstrike killing tens of people yet telling others that another one is coming and that there is no place for them to hide.

Then let's look at Hamas missiles. From the sound of it over the news someone would think that Hamas has those huge missiles that are comparable in destruction effects to the Israeli fire power. Did anyone check the damage a Hamas rocket does compared to an air strike? By the way i noticed that some TV news would be mentioning Hamas rockets while showing pictures of devastated Gaza (Is this a coincidence?). Below is the picture of one building attacked by an Israeli air strike (look at the surrounding buildings too) ... If anyone can show me the same effect of a rocket launched by Hamas then i would rethink my statements...